John Sutter
Subtitle: California pioneer
By: Chris Hayhurst.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Primary sources of famous people in American history
Publisher: Rosen Central Primary Source; Rosen Publishing Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880 -- Juvenile literature.; Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880.; Pioneers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Swiss Americans -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.; California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Juvenile literature.; Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, Calif.) -- Juvenile literature.; California -- History -- To 1846.; California -- History -- 1846-1850.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Surveys the life of Swiss/German immigrant John Sutter, on whose land gold was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, spurring the California gold rush and westward expansion.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The world welcomes an adventurer; title: America; title: A dream comes true; title: Gold!